Big change in Punjab voter list verification schedule, date pushed to August 3

The Election Commission of India has issued fresh orders changing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision schedule for voter registries in Punjab. The new guidelines have been delivered straight to the state’s Chief Electoral Officer. This entire door-to-door exercise is working with October 1, 2026, as the strict cut-off date to calculate voter eligibility.

This latest adjustment alters all previously fixed deadlines, including the ongoing restructuring of local polling stations and the formal final publication of the new voter lists. As per the modified program, Booth Level Officers will continue their field verification rounds until August 3, 2026. This window extension gives ground teams an extra 12 days to finish up, pushing past the older July 24 deadline.

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Right after the physical verification rounds conclude, election authorities will release the very first raw draft of the new voter rolls on August 13, 2026. The public will get a clear window until September 12 to submit claims for adding new names, correcting existing typos, or filing official objections against wrong entries.

Once all the received claims and disputes are legally sorted out by the department, the panel will publish the definitive, final voter list on October 12, 2026. State election officials confirmed that this specific registry will form the direct basis for all upcoming elections in Punjab.

The original plan for this intensive revision drive had a much smaller timeframe. The first schedule mandated the house-to-house BLO visits strictly between June 25 and July 24, with the first draft coming out on August 3. The initial rules also targeted wrapping up all disputes by September 28 to get everything done by October 1. However, the ECI stepped in to alter the dates to make sure the final voter list comes out completely error-free.